The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

History

Eduard Gerhard Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard (29 November 1795 – 12 May 1867) was a German archaeologist. He was co-founder and secretary of the first international archaeological society. Biography Gerhard was born at Posen, and was educated at Bresla ...

founded the institute. Upon his departure from Rome in 1832, the headquarters of the ''Instituto di corrispondenza archeologica'', as it was then named, was established in Berlin. Its predecessor institute was founded there by Otto Magnus von Stackelberg, Theodor Panofka and August Kestner in 1829.

Hans-Joachim Gehrke Hans-Joachim Gehrke (born 28 October 1945, Salzgitter-Lebenstedt) is a German archaeologist. From 1987 until 2008 he was professor of Ancient History at the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, having previously taught at the Universities of G� ...

was president of the institute from March 2008 to April 2011, and has been succeeded by

Friederike Fless Friederike Fless (born 1964) is a German classical scholar and archaeologist. In 2003, she was appointed professor of classical archaeology at the Free University of Berlin. In March 2011, she became the first woman to be appointed president of t ...

Facilities

The DAI currently has offices in cities including Madrid, Rome, Istanbul, Athens, Cairo,

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, Baghdad, Tehran and Sana'a. The DAI's Romano-Germanic Commission (Römisch-Germanische Kommission) includes the world's largest library for prehistoric archaeology and is located in Frankfurt. Its commission for the History of Classical Antiquity is in Munich and its Commission for the Archaeology of Non-European Cultures is located in Bonn.

Notable members

* Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and pre-historian who led the excavations at Göbekli Tepe from 1996 to 2014 * Eszter Bánffy, Hungarian prehistorian and archaeologist * Yevhen Chernenko, Ukrainian archaeologist * Elisabeth Ettlinger, Swiss archaeologist of the Roman provinces *

D. E. L. Haynes Denys Eyre Lankester Haynes (15 February 1913 – 27 September 1994) was an English classical scholar, archaeologist, and museum curator, who specialised in the full range of classical archaeology. He was Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at ...

, English classical scholar, archaeologist and museum curator * Nikolaos Kaltsas, Greek classical archaeologist * Jürgen Oldenstein, German archaeologist of the Roman provinces * Emmanouil Korres, Greek restoration architect and archaeologist

References

Research institutes in Germany Archaeological research institutes Educational institutions established in 1832 1832 establishments in Germany Scientific organizations established in the 1830s {{science-org-stub

History

Facilities

Notable members

See also

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